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Ione council authorizes application for Amador Water Agency grant to convert Picnic Hill turf and repair irrigation
Summary
Council approved submitting a water-conservation grant application to remove approximately 137,000 sq ft of turf at Howard Park's Picnic Hill, build an amphitheater and dedicate $95,000 of grant funds to repair sports-field irrigation; the city manager was authorized to sign a funding agreement if awarded.
The Ione City Council voted to approve submitting an application to the Amador Water Agency for a water-conservation grant to convert turf at Howard Park’s Picnic Hill to lower-water landscaping and to repair leaking sports-field irrigation.
City Manager George Lee introduced the item and Parks staff member Debbie Mackey provided the proposal to remove roughly 137,000 square feet of turf at Picnic Hill. Mackey described a plan that would relocate the existing stage, add…
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